Territory



No. 609,604. Patented Aug. 23, |898. H. ZUBER.

TIME CARD RECEPTACLE.

(Application filed Nov. 1B, 1897.)

(No Model.)

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ZUBER, OF HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

TIME-CARD RECEPTACLE.

SPECTFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,604, datedAugust 23, 1898. Application'led November 18, 1897. Serial No. 658,988.` (No model.)

.T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ZUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hennessey, in the county of Kingfisher and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Time-Card Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto improvements in mail-boxes, its object being to provide a receptacle movably connected to the box and adapted to receive the time-card and protect it from the injurious edects of the rain, snow, or dust.

With this object in View the invention consists of the several details of construction, combination,and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims..

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mail-box provided with my improved time-card receptacle, the latter being in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the card-receptacle in its open position. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the card-receptacle and a portion of the mail-box. Fig. Il is a horizontal transverse section of the same. Fig. 5 is a view of the glass detached.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

1 indicates the mail-box, which is provided with a recess 2 in one of its sides. The timecard receptacle may be made of any suitable sheet metal and consists of an open frame 3, preferably made by forming a rectangular opening 4L in a piece of sheet metal and bending the edges at the top and ends to form Jianges 5, projecting at substantially a right angle to the face of the frame, and which flanges are again bent to form the anges 6, which lie substantially parallel with the face of the frame. The lower` edge of the frame is provided with a series of integral lugs 7.

8 indicates a pane of glass seated against the inner face of the frame and engaging the top iiange 5, and this glass is secured against vertical displacement by folding the lugs 7 over onto its lower edge. Preferably the ends 9 of this glass will incline inwardly from top to bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and the object of this is to keep the ends out of contact with the ends of the frame, except at the upper corners ofthe glass, in order to let any water that may Workv in between the frame and the glass run down the edges of the latter instead of passing around to the inner face of the glass.

10 indicates a plate of sheet metal bent at its ends to form' the guide-strips' 11, which are spaced apart from the plate suiiiciently to permit the insertion of the time-card 12. The vertical edges of the guide-strips will be bent to form lips 13, adapted to engage thejnner face ofthe glass, and thus keep the time-card entirely out of contact with the glass. The plate 10 iits between the ilanges 6 and the glass and is soldered or otherwise rmly secured to the said Iianges. A recess 14 is formed in the lower edge of the plate 10 to form a iinger-slot to permit the time-card to be easily grasped when it maybe necessary to remove it from the receptacle. A

The receptacle is hinged at its lower end to the box, as indicated at l5, and is provided at its upper end with a hasp 16, adapted to be engaged by a locking device on the box, such as is indicated by 17. The recess 2 in the box will preferably be of sufficient depth to permit the receptacle to iit into it and be iiush with the outer face of the mail-box.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple and eflicient receptacle for time-cards which will effectually protect them from rain, snow, and dirt, but which affords ready access to the time-card whenever it may be necessary. Y

The recess 2 of the letter-box is closed and does not communicate with the interior of the box, and its bottom closes the open bottom of the frame when the latter is in its closed position, and it also serves to support the timecard.

It is obvious that instead of having the sides of the frame integral with each other they may be of separate strips of metal secured together, and it is also obvious that some other locking device to engage the hasp on the receptacle may be substituted for the one shown, and also that the receptacle may be movably connected to the mail-box by other devices instead of a hinge, as shown, and it is to be understood that changes in the form,

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proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages of this invention.

Having thus described theinvention, what I claim is l. The vcombination of a mail-box provided with a closed recess, and a frame provided at its top and ends with anges for holding a timecard and having its bottom open, said frame being hinged to the mail-box at the bottom of the recess and fitting Within the same so that the bottom of the recess Will close its open bottom and support the time-card, the frame being adapted to swing outward and down- Ward, whereby the open bottom will be ar-` ranged uppermost,substantial1y as described.

2. A time-card receptacle for mail-boxes, comprising an open frame having its top and ends bent to form anges, and having lugs on its lower edge, a pane of glass seated against 2o the inner face of the frame to close the opening therein, and over the lower edge of which glass said lugs are folded, and a plate secured to said flanges in rear of the glass and having its ends bent to form guide-strips parallel with the plate and spaced therefrom to receive the time-card, and the vertical edges of the guide-strip being bent to form lips to engage the glass and thus keep the time-card out of engagement with the glass, substantially as described.

AIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY ZUBER.

Witnesses:

CHAs. BALDWIN, E. A. CRAVATT. 

